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Benchmark Dose Software (BMDS) User Guide November 2024

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This user guide provides instruction on how to use BMDS but is not intended to address or replace EPA BMD guidance. However, every attempt has been made to make this software consistent with EPA guidance, including the Risk Assessment Forum’s (RAF) Benchmark Dose Technical Guidance Document. <span style='mso-element:field-begin'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> ADDIN EN.CITE <EndNote><Cite><Author>U.S. EPA</Author><Year>2012</Year><RecNum>259</RecNum><IDText>1239433</IDText><DisplayText>(U.S. EPA, 2012)</DisplayText><record><rec-number>259</rec-number><foreign-keys><key app="EN" db-id="229v2pe9ur0fe4er2f352are0e5eeds2d29x" timestamp="1593614904">259</key></foreign-keys><ref-type name="Report">27</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>U.S. EPA,</author></authors></contributors><titles><title>Benchmark dose technical guidance</title></titles><dates><year>2012</year></dates><pub-location>Washington, DC</pub-location><publisher>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Risk Assessment Forum</publisher><isbn>EPA/100/R-12/001</isbn><label>1239433</label><urls><related-urls><url>https://www.epa.gov/risk/benchmark-dose-technical-guidance</url></related-urls></urls><language>English</language><modified-date>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</modified-date></record></Cite></EndNote><span style='mso-element:field-separator'>(U.S. EPA, 2012).

Impact/Purpose

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Benchmark Dose Software (BMDS) was developed as a tool to facilitate the application of benchmark dose (BMD) methods to EPA hazardous pollutant risk assessments.

Citation

Davis, Allen, Jeff Gift, AND A. Shapiro. Benchmark Dose Software (BMDS) User Guide November 2024. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/X-24/344, 2024.
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